A picture that sums up an outstanding 2006/07 season for the Hammers.
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"The cat that catches colour," "the Lynx effect"... the list goes on and on! How many of you remember Camputers Lynx?
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Sitting bottom of the table as late as March 2012, Wigan went on a run that saw them win 7 of their last 9 matches, allowing them to finish 15th.
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Another Great Escape from the bottom of the table, the 2005-06 Portsmouth went on to win 20 points in the last 10 matches of the season, finishing 17th.
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2007-08 Fulham went down to the wire as avoided relegation on the very final day, winning 1-0 and sending Reading to the Championship on account of goal difference!
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Often forgotten, but nevertheless a part of Commodore's computer lineup and one of the platforms that did get its own version of the original Football Manager game - the Plus/4!
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Sitting 20th at Christmas didn't stop the 2022/23 Wolverhampton Wanderers from pulling out a strong 2nd half of the season with newly arrived manager Julen Lopetegui.
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2013/14 Sunderland team spent 111 days at the bottom of the table - and still finished the season in 14th place!
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Today marks the 45th anniversary of the ZX81, one of the most successful home computers of the early 1980's in the UK!
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Going back to WHSmith. It seems a bit of a missed opportunity that they insisted on becoming leading "travel retailers" when they played such an important role in the early days of UK's electronics market. What do you guys think?
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The original "Great Escape"! 2004-05 West Brom
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Today we remember one of the most famous of The Great Escapes - the 2014/15 Leicester City. They went on to finish 14th that season, just before winning the Premier League title the following season!
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Acorn Electron's production issues made almost impossible what was already an uphill battle - to rival the overwhelmingly successful ZX Spectrum.
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An image that takes me back to simpler times, and the early days of Football Manager! Do you remember the "Computer know-how" sections at WHSmith?
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A rare ad of the CPC 664. What was supposed to have been the next generation of Amstrad computers was replaced within a year by the CPC 6128.
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On this day the most decorated player in Liverpool's history, Phil Neal, turns 75 years old! 🎂
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A brilliant piece of advertising by Sinclair, promoting the ZX81 as the best entry-level computer for a growing market of first-time users!
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A real pearl among home computers - the Dragon 64 hailing from Wales 🐉
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Wishing a happy birthday to legends Kevin Keegan and Russell Osman on this Valentine's Day 🎂
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The "Asda price" on 80's computers and games? Now that's a throwback 😁
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Only a few years before Amstrad released their PCW series, typewriters were paramount in any business setting while computers were only the object of hobbyists. The tables have since turned quite dramatically - I guess Amstrad saw the writing on the wall 😉
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On this day we celebrate the life of West Brom and Coventry City legend Cyrille Regis, who would have turned 68 years old today 🖤
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The ZX Spectrum set, complete with the ZX Printer and ZX Microdrive!
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Apple was one of the earliest brands to boast of a personal computer lineup - the MacIntosh family.
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Before producing best-selling computers such as the C64 and Amiga, Commodore first found worldwide commercial success with the VIC-20 🙂
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1981 was the year of the IBM PC, a computer that helped shape and standardise both the concept and features of a personal computer.
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I used to like the one with Dwarves on the Amiga, where you could use a decapitated head as a football - Brutal sports football -
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Today marks the 46th birthday of the ZX80!
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A real blast from the past - the Tatung Einstein! Produced in Taiwan, designed and assembled in England. How many of you got to interact with this machine?
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The precursor to the BBC Micro - the Acorn Atom, one of the earliest and most inexpensive home computers of its time 🙂
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